Ignacio Canuto

Personal information
Full name	Ignacio Canuto
Date of birth	( 1986-02-20 ) February 20, 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth	Santa Fe, Argentina
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
	Union Santa Fe
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	( Gls )
2004?2007	Union Santa Fe	60	(2)
2006	→ Ben Hur (loan)	6	(0)
2008?2010	Argentinos Juniors	50	(6)
2010?2011	Maccabi Haifa	17	(0)
2011?2012	Libertad	32	(6)
2012?2013	Figueirense	14	(0)
2013?2014	LDU Quito	43	(3)
2014?2015	Tigre	36	(1)
2015	Leon	11	(0)
2016?2017	Atletico Tucuman	23	(0)
2017?2018	Lanus	8	(0)
2018?2020	Tigre	44	(3)
2020?2021	Platense	0	(0)
International career
2009?2010	Argentina	3	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:04, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Ignacio Canuto (born 20 February 1986 in Santa Fe ) is an Argentine footballer , who plays as a centre-back .

He has previously played for Union (Argentina), Ben Hur (Argentina), Argentinos Juniors (Argentina), Maccabi Haifa (Israel), Libertad (Paraguay), LDU Quito (Ecuador), Tigre (Argentina) and Leon (Mexico). ^{[1] [2]}

Career [ edit ]

Club [ edit ]

Canuto began his playing career in 2004 with Union . After a loan spell with Ben Hur in 2007, he joined Argentinos Juniors of the Argentine Primera Division in 2008. ^{[1] [2]} He was a regular player for the Argentinos Juniors team that won the Clausura 2010 championship. He played in 13 of the club's 19 games during their championship winning campaign. In July 2010, Canuto was sold to Maccabi Haifa of the Israeli Premier League . The club signed him to a five-year contract. After a spell in Israel, Canuto joined Paraguayan Primera Division club Libertad . He played 32 times and scored 6 goals for the club before moving clubs once again as he joined Brazilian top-flight side Figueirense , 3 goals in 28 appearances in all competitions followed. ^{[1] [2]} Although he played for Figueirense, Brazilian Serie C team Tombense own his federation rights. ^[3]

2013 saw Canuto leave Brazil for Ecuador as he joined LDU Quito , he only stayed for one season but did play 43 league fixtures for the club while scoring three goals. ^{[1] [2]} He returned to Argentina in 2014 to sign for Tigre . His first two games for Tigre ended 0?0, and when he did win his first game with the team it was he who scored the winning goal; versus Racing Club de Avellaneda . He made 36 appearances over two campaigns for Tigre before leaving. His next club became Mexican Liga MX side Leon in January 2015. Four months and 11 games later, Canuto left Leon before eventually signing for Argentine Primera Division club Atletico Tucuman in 2016. ^{[1] [2]}

International [ edit ]

On 20 May 2009 Canuto made his international debut in a friendly match against Panama . He came on as a second-half substitute for the Argentina team, made up of players based in the Primera Division Argentina . Canuto scored his first international goal on his third appearance for Argentina on 10 February 2010 to secure a 2-1 win over Jamaica . He scored in the 93rd minute of the game, only 2 minutes after having come into the game as a late 2nd half substitute. ^[1]

International goals [ edit ]

As of 10 February 2010 . Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first. ^[1]

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	10 February 2010	Estadio Jose Maria Minella , Mar del Plata , Argentina	Jamaica	2 –1	2 –1	Friendly	[1]

Career statistics [ edit ]

Club [ edit ]

As of 18 October 2016 . ^{[1] [2]}

Honours [ edit ]

Argentinos Juniors

• Argentine Primera Division (1): Clausura 2010

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Ignacio Canuto ? Liga MX stats at MedioTiempo.com (archived) (in Spanish)
• (in Spanish) Argentine Primera statistics
• Ignacio Canuto at National-Football-Teams.com